Unapologetic Series: Therapy Talks

Hey guys! We’re back with our second episode of season 2! This session is all about how we’ve been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic over the last year, both professionally and personally. As new therapists, we talk about our experiences and challenges with doing tele-therapy and connecting with clients. We also discuss how we’ve been dealing with being millennials in Atlanta during a pandemic! Get ready for some laughs and some real talk. Enjoy!

Hey guys!!! Did you miss us? (We know you did) The time has finally come and the Unapologetic Ladies are back for season 2 and we couldn’t be more excited! This week we’re doing Relationships Part 2 because there is always so much to chat about when it comes to dating as Millennials. We share our opinions on situationships, ghosting, social media, and more! We hope you enjoy this session and stay tuned every Wednesday for new releases. Cheers to season 2!

Hey Unapologetic People! We’re back for our season 1 finale! In this final session for the season we’re talking about gender roles and we have a special guest, Khari Siebie @kookinwitkhari. Khari offers us some insight on the male perspective when it comes to gender roles and mental health. We also get into our own personal experiences with gender roles in relationships as well as the historical impacts and ideas of what the future of relationship roles may look like. We hope you enjoy the session, thank you for listening and we’ll see you next season!! ✨

"Check yourself before you wreck yourself!"

Today's session we discuss the importance of holding oneself accountable. It's so easy to be critical of  others, but have we done the necessary work to examine ourselves as well? And what does it mean to take responsibility for our words, actions and behaviors? These are just some of many important questions we delve into deeper that help us explore the benefits of personal accountability and the influence it has on our personal AND social relationships. Not sure if you're keeping yourself in check? Tune in and explore with us!

Today’s session we talk about multiracial & interracial relationships and the differences that come with dating someone of another race. We discuss our personal experiences dating outside of our race and the challenges that came with it. The impact of race in our society can directly impact relationships and we talk about how to communicate through these challenges.

Have you ever noticed how much of an impact the relationship you had growing up with your parent's has on you now as an adult? Or how any trauma that might have occurred in your past affects your interactions with others or in your relationships? That's because it does! During this session, we explore the different Attachment Styles of the Attachment Theory, a theory that breaks down the impact of the relationship between a child and their caregiver while also discussing how childhood trauma affects the way you act as an individual and the way you interact in your every day relationships. During this session we discuss the importance of discussing attachment as clinicians, how to define trauma, and we even get personal exploring our own childhood trauma or significant incidents that occurred in the past that impacted us. Later on we unpack the different attachment styles and define the symptoms of each, as well as discussing how to handle relationships with others who have endured any sort of childhood trauma.

In this session we’re going in deep and talking about self-esteem and our first experiences with self-esteem issues. We also touch on how our self-esteem journeys have evolved over the years and where we are at now. This leads us into an insightful conversation around colorism and culture. In communities of color, colorism has a major impact on self-esteem and confidence due to the historical and societal contexts. We hope you enjoy this unapologetic conversation and it inspires you to reflect on your own journey with self-esteem.

On this episode, we discuss the importance of boundaries, the different types of boundaries, and how they can be implemented and maintained in your daily lives.

Graduating from school, moving to a new state, breakups, new relationships, a new job, losing a job, or death of a loved one. These are only a few of the many life transitions that we've had to deal with at some point in our lives. Dealing with life transitions is one of the main reasons why people might begin therapy due to the fact that the attempt to navigate the many things that come along with managing these new transitions, including anxiety, uncertainty, or grief, can bring on a lot of added stress. With therapy being a great resource to help client's learn to cope with many life transitions, we wanted to create a space where we could be transparent about some of our own difficult transitions that we've dealt with throughout our lives. During this session, we explore some of our biggest transitions that we've experienced including beginning college, sexuality, relocation, divorce, and adulthood. We also share our own opinions on whether or not we believe if people can actually "do well" with change. Throughout majority of the session, we also explain how change is the foundation of all major life transitions and one of the main reasons why they can be so challenging to navigate.  We talk through our own perspectives of how we see change and how we deal with client's who might be resistant to change, as well as looking back on our first real memories of change and how we dealt with it. 

Be sure to listen to the whole session, as you'll hear us list 5 Helpful Tips to help you deal with your own life transitions as we continue navigating this tricky thing called life.

So...Let's Talk about Sex, shall we? What does sex mean to you? Are sex and intimacy one in the same? Why is sex such a "taboo" topic for some? Lucky for you, we address all of that and then some in this session! With sex being all over media now in songs, videos, commercials, and television shows, we attempt to explore as a group why sex can still be a difficulty topic of conversation inside and outside of a relationship. During this session, we each define our own meaning of sex and what it consists of. We also talk about what conversations look like in the therapy room talking about sex with client's and what it takes to have what we like to call a "sex positive relationship",  which includes healthy communication about sex, discussion about possible traumas, as well as needs and wants and boundaries. We also introduce a popular sex therapy intervention called a "sex genogram" that helps collect important sexual history with couples during sessions. During this session, we get a chance to reveal some interesting sex statistics and we also get into the difference between sex and intimacy, explore the meaning of intimacy, and what our individual sex and intimacy "ingredients" are. The 5 Love Languages come up in conversation when discussing intimacy, while briefly discussing why intimacy is a common missing component with couples in therapy. Lastly, we touch on the topic of casual sex and why  some on social the media think it may not be for everyone. We as a group know sex can be a difficult topic for some to discuss, but we invite you to sit back, relax, and get into these fun, yet important topics of discussion.